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Salesforce, Oracle lead parade of business apps on iPhone
Apple's iPhone app parade got an early jump on the 3G version of the popular device Thursday, but business and productivity apps seem to be lagging in the back of the line. by Larry Dignan
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Oracle Corp., 3G, Cellular Phones, Sales Force Management, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Larry Dignan
Blog posts 2008-07-10
IT news for April 15: Oracle plugs 41 holes; Mac clones; Google revolution
"News to know" is a joint venture between TechRepublic and ZDNet. The original post publishes every morning on business days in Between the Lines. Notable headlines for Tuesday, April 15, 2008: Paul Mah: Security news roundup: Oracle announces bonanza of patches for 41 holes,...
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Apple Macintosh, Oracle Corp., Information Technology, Apple Inc., Microsoft Corp., Linux, Microsoft Windows, Wiki, Sales Force Management, Open Source, Operating Systems, Software, Online Communications, Sales, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2008-04-15
How a geek hacked his way to a billion dollar business -- and it's not Bill Gates
Sometimes you would think that there aren't any interesting characters in the technology business whose names are not Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. While Gates and Jobs have both had fascinating journeys over the past three decades, if you want to hear about some of the most colorful and influential...
Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Marc Benioff, Bill Gates, Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Management, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2008-04-07
Step-by-step: Integrating SalesForce.com with on-premises databases and applications
If you're considering or currently administering a SalesForce.com account, this article may help you explore how to integrate your CRM data between SalesForce.com and in-house databases, flat files, and legacy applications. Here's a deep look at how to get the job done without having to study SalesForce.com APIs and writing,...
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Database, Data, Data Integration, Integration, Apatar, Process Automation Business Data, Scheduling Feature, Sales Force Management, Sales, Alex Khizhnyak
Blog posts 2008-01-03
Sanity check: The 10 most important business technology products of 2007
Technology product developments came at a blistering pace in 2007, including big moves from major vendors like Microsoft, Cisco, and Apple, as well as exciting innovations from several upstarts. Here's my list of the 10 most important business technology products of the year. 10. i-Mate smartphones Decades from...
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Apple iPhone, Desktop, LinkedIn, Smart Phone, Product, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., User, OQO, Business Technology Product, Sprint Xohm Xohm, Zoho, Zoho Suite, Smart Phones, Microsoft Outlook, Cellular Phones, Handhelds, Groupware, Microsoft Office, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Office Suites, Software, Hardware, Enterprise Software, Jason Hiner
Blog posts 2007-11-21
Salesforce.com predicts $1 billion sales in 2008
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff boldly predicts that the company will hit the mark of $1 billion annual revenues within a year, or by 2008. According to InformationWeek: Salesforce.com announced net income for its third fiscal 2008 quarter of $6.51 million, up from $339,000 from last...
Tags: Revenue, Salesforce.com Inc., Quarter, Sales Force Management, Sales, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-11-15
Salesforce.com predicts $1 billion sales in 2008
Do you reckon that Salesforce.com will be eyed for acquisition by some of the big players such as Oracle, SAP or IBM?
Tags: Sales force management, paulmah@..., Salesforce.com Inc., sales
Discussion threads 2007-11-15
Salesforce customizations
Is anyone working on Salesforce CRM - customizing and creating new validations.
Tags: Sales force management, suma_anand04@..., Salesforce.com Inc.
Discussion threads 2007-11-08
SaaS is passe, all hail to PaaS
Pardon the tongue twister, but if Salesforce.com is to have its way, Software as a Service SaaS would soon be overtaken by Platform as a Service PaaS. Its Apex Code platform -- originally launched at the end of 2006 -- has grown quickly and was re-packaged and...
Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Software-as-a-service, Software As A Service (SaaS), Sales Force Management, Emerging Technologies, Sales, Paul Mah
Blog posts 2007-07-19
Google - Salesforce pact: Is this the making of a MS Office killer?
Speculations are rife that Salesforce.com, the leader in the SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) segment is teaming up with Google to offer a combined Web Applications solution for enterprises. The package could include Google's collaborative software such as instant messaging, e-mail, Google docs, spreadsheets and presentation service with Salesforce.com's business software to manage...
Tags: Software, Salesforce.com Inc., Google Inc., Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Sales Force Management, Tools & Techniques, Sales, Management, Arun Radhakrishnan
Blog posts 2007-05-23
Google - Salesforce pact: Is this the making of a MS Office killer?
Will the Google-Salesforce pact make way for an MS Office killer ?
Tags: Sales force management, pr.arun@..., Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft Office, Google Inc., Microsoft Corp.
Discussion threads 2007-05-23
Introducing crystalreports.com for Salesforce.com
Here's a product overview of crystalreports.com for Salesforce.com, a Web-based report sharing platform that enables you to:Publish, view, refresh, and schedule reports from inside Salesforce.comShare reports online and receive alerts when new reports are availableView your operational reports alongside your Salesforce.com alertsThis paper is a quick read that explains how...
Tags: Sales force management, Salesforce.com Inc., Business Objects
White papers 2007-05-14
Salesforce.com buys Web content management firm
Link to the imageManaging documents Web 2.0-stylehttp://news.com.com/2300-7339_3-6174623-1.htmlStay on top of the latest tech news with our free IT News Digest newsletter, delivered each weekday. Automatically sign up today!http://nl.com.com/MiniFormHandler?brand=techrepublic&list_id=e019
Tags: Content management, Sonja Thompson, Web, Web content management, Salesforce.com Inc.
Discussion threads 2007-04-10
"Sim-Business" meets the real world: SalesForce
SalesForce provides many tools on top of the basic CRM system, making it easy to load your existing data. On top of that, they offer literally hundreds of tools to help you take advantage of the basic CRM underpinnings.When you're starting a business there are any number ofreally important and,...
Tags: Sales strategy, Sales force management, PRODUCTIVITY, Customer relationship management (CRM), David H.M. Spector, Salesforce.com Inc., tool, sales, CRM, sales force
Technical articles 2006-09-29
Image: Salesforce's mashup tools
The hosted CRM company's upcoming release will include a new framework for customizing online business software.
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., CRM company, business software, hosted CRM, software, mashup, tool
Image galleries 2006-09-13
Salesforce.com Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution screenshots
For many agile businesses, the secret to success is not having the most IT toys, but having the best services available and being able to use those services anywhere. In his The Right Tool for the Job? blog post, David HM Specter explains how the Salesforce.com CRM solution can help...
Tags: job, Salesforce.com Inc., blog, CRM, information technology, sales
Image galleries 2006-08-14
Oracle is a big bully
Here's an IT news story that bothered me today: "Oracle: Better to 'crush' than buy Salesforce.com" (http://techrepublic.com.com/2100-10878_11-5886961.html)  Oracle President Charles Phillips made the following comment at a press briefing concerning the possible acquisition of Salesforce.com: "In this case I think it would be much more fun to crush them... We see a...
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Oracle Corp., Sales Force Management, Sales, Sonja Thompson
Blog posts 2005-10-03
Salesforce.com's new gamble
Salesforce.com has a new development system, called Multiforce, that lets partners and customers custom-tailor its CRM software and build their own services. Multiforce may inspire a large number of ISVs and customers to build their own hosted tools, but analysts are wondering how Salesforce will use these customer and ISV-built...
Tags: Customer relationship management (CRM), Enterprise software, Multiforce, Salesforce.com Inc., Change Request Management, CRM
Discussion threads 2005-07-26
Siebel and Salesforce.com: Two ways to vertical
Which strategy for hosted CRM market will work?Is the future of the hosted CRM market in pre-built, industry-specific verticals (Siebel's approach) or is it in customizable platforms (Salesforce.com)? Is there plenty of room for both strategies? Share your predictions here, or describe your own experience with either of these applications.
Tags: Salesforce.com Inc., Selena Frye, Siebel Systems Inc., software
Discussion threads 2005-03-31
Salesforce.com woos Office programmers
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Tags: Sales force management, Sales strategy, Microsoft Office, Salesforce.com Inc., Microsoft Corp., sales
Technical articles 2005-02-03


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